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Definition of grabby in English:

grabby

adjective

‘We all get more and more grabby and increasing numbers of people want a piece of it.’

‘But I can see in her performances, interviews and general demeanour that she is still the loud, selfish, grabby person she was back then.’

‘I have felt that asking for money is grabby and materialistic and very opposed to all the qualities I am trying to imbue.’

‘Seven weekly dictators grind us down with their controlling, grabby personalities.’

‘Yesterday, everyone seemed to be stupid and grabby.’

‘This was supposed to be a caring decade in reaction to the grabby, selfish Eighties, but in fact it was the period when spin, gloss and make-over became words of excited approval, and led us to where we are today.’

‘When trademark holders get greedy and grabby, we need to speak out, we need to protest - the important word in ‘intellectual property’ isn't property, it's intellectual.’

‘We left the meeting exhausted, exhilarated, and dreaming of when we'd get our grubby, grabby mitts on some final code.’